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Kwara State Government Releases N132m For Scholarships, Bursaries
The Kwara State Government has released N132 million to the state scholarship board for the payment of scholarship and bursary to 60,000 students The board’s Chairman, Alhaji Isiaku Mogaji, however, said that the amount represented a fraction of the N300…
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NANS Slams FG, Lecturers Over Universities, Polytechnics Strike
Worried by the incessant strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, the National Association of Nigerian Students has called for an immediate suspension of the nationwide strike declared by the lecturers. Failure to call off the strike, the students…
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ASUU Strike Update : Lecturers Walk Out Of Meeting With Lawmakers, Ministers
ASUU strike continues as lecturers walk out of meeting with the Government. If you are a student of a Nigerin University and you are expecting ASUU to suspend the strike they embarked upon on 1st July, 2013, you might have…
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UNILORIN Will Not Join ASUU Strike – ASUU Chairman
Will UNILORIN Join ASUU Strike that started on 1st July, 2013? Well, as usual, the answer is NO! This has been made know by ASUU Chairman of UNILORIN. Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Nigeria Universities (ASUU), University of Ilorin chapter,…
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Nigerian Students Disrupts Lagos Traffic Over ASUU-ASUP Strike
ASUU STRIKE, JULY 2013 — Students under the aegis of Nigerian Education Rights Coalition and Coalition Against Commercialization of Education in Nigeria today embarked on street protests in Lagos that brought traffic to a standstill on on Lagos main road,…
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“ASUU Strike Is An Indictment on Jonathan, other Academics In His Government” – CPC
The Congress for Progressive Change, CPC, has said that irresponsibility on the part of the Federal Government was the sole reason for the ongoing strike by the Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU. The party in a statement on Sunday…
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ASUP Strike Update : Senate Moves To End ASUP Strike
Here is an update on ASUP Strike that started some 2-3 months ago. Now we are beginning to see some glimmer of hope as one arm of the Government that can influence things has intervened. THE Senate has waded into…
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Senate President David Mark Cautions JAMB On Unmerited Admissions
Senate President, David Mark, has advised the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB) to give admissions only to qualified candidates seeking entry into the nation’s universities. Mark, who made the suggestion while commissioning the new zonal office of JAMB in…
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ASUU Strike Update : We Will Not Suspend The Indefinite Strike
The Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) embarked on an indefinite strike last week Monday (that we termed 1st July, 2013 ASUU Strike). There are now rumours in the social media and on some blogs that the Union is set…
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Nigeria Makes Guinness Book of Records with The Largest Maths Class in History
Guinness Book of Records – Nigeria makes the Largest Maths Class in History. Read the story as Nigeria etches her name on the Guinness Book of world Record. A total of 2381 Students from all over Nigeria were joined by…
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ASUU Strike Update : Let ASUU Write Us, Says NUC
Here is another update on ASUU Strike Update 2013 — The executive secretary of the National Universities Commission, Professor Julius Okojie said that ASUU was supposed to write the government in respect of the offer made to them at a…
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Allanwoods Places Over 40 Students In Universities Abroad
Leadership’s International Degree Foundation Programme (IDFP) — The managing director of Allanwoods, a subsidiary of Leadership Group, Mr Emeka Offor, has disclosed that over 40 students have been placed into foreign universities through its International Degree Foundation Programme (IDFP) and…
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